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white trash

idiom

A poorly educated white person or, collectively, white people of low social status and often regarded as lazy, irresponsible, unintelligent, etc.


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  1. 01

    black-and-white

    Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.

  2. 02

    oil trash

    An uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a "white trash" person if used negatively.

  3. 03

    take out the trash

    To forcefully remove undesirable people from a place.

  4. 04

    talk trash

    To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.

  5. 05

    trailer park trash

    Alternative form of trailer trash.

  6. 06

    trailer trash

    A poorly-educated, and usually white individual(s) of low social status who stereotypically reside(s) in a trailer park.

  7. 07

    wash a blackamoor white

    To labour in vain, especially so as to present something as better than it really is; to whitewash.

  8. 08

    white bread

    Bread made from white flour.

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